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The trouble with that theory is that tech megacorps are a relatively recent development, whereas e.g. the court cases involving Larry Flynt were events from the
by AnthonyMouse 1y ago
The trouble with that theory is that tech megacorps are a relatively recent development, whereas e.g. the court cases involving Larry Flynt were events from the 1970s and 80s and the likes of Hustler Magazine hardly had an outsized influence over the general media.
Meanwhile morals panics are at least as old as the Salem Witch Trials.
- jackvalentine 1y agoMegacorps, simultaniously impotent and trillion dollar companies.
- AnthonyMouse 1y agoThe US government has a multi-trillion dollar annual budget -- they spend more money every year than the entire market cap of any given megacorp -- and they can't solve it either. Maybe it's a hard problem?